Separator.



M. S. JONES.

SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 21, 1909. v I 960,947, Patented June 1 1 9:10.

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WITNESSES lNl/E/VTUR ATTORNEYS s. JONES.

SEPARATOE.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 21, 1909. 969,47, Patented June 7, 1910.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Unirii m @FFIGE.

MLARION SLEMONS JONES, OF BALTIMORE. MARYLAND.

SEPARATOR.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, MARIO S. JONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Separater, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to separators for centrifugally separating materials having a difierent specific gravity, and partake of r0- tatable means for separating a material hav ing a lighter specific gravity from a material having a heavier specific gravity, and viceversa.

One embodiment of my invention comprises an apertured drum adapted to rotate at a high rate of speed inside of a casing having apertures, and rotating at a slower rate of speed than the drum, the apertures in the drum being adapted to register with the apertures in the casing and the precise moment of registering of the apertures depending upon the relative speed of the said drums.

A further embodiment of my invention comprehends rotatably operated drums, one a casing, operating at difieren't high speeds relative to each other, and provided with chambers-for receiving one of a combination of materials centrifugally separated by the said revolving drums.

My invention still further comprehends certain novel features of construction and combinations of the same as will be hereinafter more fully described and specified.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in both views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectionalview of my invention, suitable driving and bearing means being alsoshown; and Fig. 2 is a'sectional view, taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Rotatably mounted on a table 10, on suitable bearings 11, is a drum 12, also constituting a casing, provided with a shaft 13 to which is keyed driving means, comprising a pulley 14: in engagementwith a belt 15.

Extending longitudinally through the shaft 13 is a shaft 16, secured to a drum 17 and having keyed thereon at .one end driving means comprising a pulley 1 8 in engagement with a belt 19. I

The outer drum 12 comprises a circularly shapedcontainer, provided with oppositely Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed October 21, 1909.

Patented June '3', Serial No. 523,739.

placed apertures 20, as are particularly in a vertical direction, as can be easily seen in Fig. 1.

A cover 2 1 is providedand adapted tobe ,secured to the outer drum 12 by suitable bolts'25, 26 extending tl'irough lugs 27, 9.8, integral with the cover 2%, and engaging similar lugs 21 and 22 on the outer drum 12, as heretofore described. Secured to the cover 2% are downwardly-extending deflectors 29, 3'0, oppositely placed, so as to be diametrically in alinement with the apertures 20, 20 in the outer drum 12. upper portion of the cover 24 comprisesan open chamber 31 having side openings in which are disposed suitable pipes 32 and 83.

A longitudinal slot 3 1 is provided in the shaft 16, and secured to the shaft is a dis tributer 35 adapted to slide longitudinally in the slot 3 1. Secured to the distributer 85' 38 secured to a feed pipe 39, loosely extend ed through a hole 40 in the plate 3?. The distributer keyed to the shaft 16 rotates therewith and consequently the plate 37, to which are secured the rods 36, isv also cause to rotate. A suitable rocker shaft secured to the bearing 88 and the feed pipe 39, cause the same to move upwardly and down wardly, and likewise the distribnter 35 move longitudinally up and down on the rotating shaft 16.

The operation of my separator is as fol.- lows: Presuming the separator is to be used in extracting starch from cern, the corn, which first has been softened, is fed-ante the distributer 35 which, rotating with the shaft 16 and moving upwardly and downwardly, thoroughly mixes the corn and water coming throughth e feed pipe 59 onto the distributer 35. The drum 17 keyed to the shaft 16 revolves at a high rate of speed, 1

shown in Fig. 2, and secured to the upper with the openings 20, the starch in the chambers 23 is ejected outwardly through the apertures 20 and is collected on suitable trays and the like provided for thispurpose.

The lighter cellulose substance of the corn,

tends' to move upwardly and is discharged through the outlet pipes 32 and 33, but

should the same approach the side of the drum 1?, it is prevented from going out through the openings :20 by the deflectors and secured to the cover 24:. The liquid matter in the drum 17, owing to the high speedof motion, moves upwardly along the inner side of the cover 24 and is ejected from the separator by passing through the outlet pipes 32 and 33. As more material is constantly being fed through the feed pipe into the drunrl'Y, the centrifugally separating operation goes on as escribed until the machine is stopped or the initial supplyof corn is exhausted' It will be understood that although I have described the casing of the drum as rotating at a slower speed than the drum, the casing can be made stationary with equally good results, depending entirely revoluble apertured drum and a revoluble apertured casing fitted over the said drum, the said apertures .in the said drum being adapted to receive material, and the said apertures in the said casing being adapted to discharge material, a cover for the said drum secured to the said casing and provided with cut-ofis extending into the said drum, and distributing means in the said drum adapted .to rotate and to reciprocate longitudinally in the drum to distribute the material received therein.

2. Acentrifugal separator, comprising a revoluble apertured drum, the said apertures in the drum being adapted to .receive material, a revoluble apertured casing fitted over the saiddrum, the said apertures in the casing being adapted to discharge the material received by the said drum, a cover for the said drum secured to the said casing,

' and cut-ofis secured to the said cover, ad

jacent the inside periphery of the said drum. 3. A centrifugal separator, comprising a reaoluble drum, longitudinally disposed apertures in the said drum adapted to reun er? ceive material, a revoluble casing fittedover the said drum, longitudinally disposed apertures in the casing adapted to discharge the material received by the said drum, 2; cover for the said drum secured to the said casing, oppositely-disposed cut-oil's on the said cover extending into the said drum and oppositely-disposed outlets in the said cover :tor'disposing-of material in'the said drum.

4. A centrifugal separator, comprising a revoluble apertured drum, the'said' apertures in the drum being adapted to receive material, a revoluble apertured casing fitted over the said drum, the said apertures in the casing being adapted to discharge the material received by the said drum, acover for the said drum secured to the said casing, cut-ofis secured to the said cover, adjacent the inside periphery of the said drum, and a revoluble distributor in the said drum adapted to distribute the material received by the said apertures in the said drum.

5. In a centrifugal separator, a revoluble longitudinally-apertured drum secured to a shaft, the said apertures in the said drum being adapted to receive -material, a revoluble longitudinally-apertured casing fitted over the said drum, secured to a second shaft, a cover for the said drum secured to the said casing, downwardly extending cutofis on the said cover, outlets in the said cover for centrifugally. disposing of material in the said drum, and driving means for independently rotating the said shaft secured to the said drum and the said shaft secured to the said casing. V

6. In a centrifugal separator, a revoluble drum provided with. equidistantly-spaced longitudinal a ertures extending around the periphery oi the said drum and adapted to receive material, a revolublecasing fitted over the said drum and provided with apertures adapted to discharge the material received by the apertures in the said drum anr the said receiving apertures in the said drum being adapted to successively register with the discharge aperture-s in the said casing, a cover for the said drum secured to the said casing, cut-ofi's on the said cover extending into the said drum, oppositely-disposed outlets in the said'cover, and distributing means in the said drum adapted to rotate and to movelongitudinally to the said drum for distributing the material received in the said drum.

7. In a centrifugal separator, a revoluble apertured drum secured to a driving shaft, the said apertures in the drum being adapted to receive material, a revoluble apertured casing fitted over the said drum, the said apertures inthe said casing being adapted to discharge the material received by the said apertures in the said drum, and a distributor in the said drum secured to the said shaft and adapted to move longitudinally up and down on the said shaft and receive thereon the material received by the said apertures in the said drum.

8. In a centrifugal separator, a revoluble apertured drum secured to a shaft, the apertures in the said drum being adapted to receive material, a revoluble apertured casing fitted over the said drum, secured to a second shaft, the apertures in the said casing being adapted to discharge the material received by the said apertures in the said drum, a revoluble distributer in the said drum secured to the said first-mentioned shaft and adapted to move longitudinally to the said first-mentioned shaft, and driving means adapted to independently operate the said drum on the said first-mentioned shaft and the said casing on the said second-mentioned shaft.

9. In a centrifugal separator,the combination of a revoluble apertured drum and a revoluble apertured casing fitted over the drum, the apertures in the said drum being adapted to receive material, the apertures in the said casing being adapted to discharge the material received in the apertures of the said drum, the said drum being secured to a shaft, the said casing being secured to a second shaft, driving means for independently operating the said drum and the said casing, the said receiving apertures in the said drum being adapted to successively register with the said discharge apertures the said casing, a cover fitted over the saie drum and secured to the said casing, cutoffs secured to the said cover, adjacent the inner periphery of the said drum, a revolu ble distributer inthe said drum secured the said firstementioned shaft and adapted to move longitudinally therewith, and a feed pipe in the said drum adapted to feed onto the said distributer the said material adapted to be received by the said apertura-1.- in the said drum.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MCKAIG. 

